On Thursday, May 3, the Town Board accepted Dave Gorton’s resignation, effective June 1, and appointed Bob Eichner clerk.

Gorton, who is resigning for personal reasons, has been town clerk since 2013. He previously served the village as treasurer from 2007 until he was elected clerk. His wife Cheryl took on the role of deputy clerk/treasurer shortly after, she will continue to serve in that role.

A Town of Fredonia man is seeking more than $2,000 in damages after some of his winter wheat was wrecked by a Town of Belgium man last month.

Vince Thill, who lives in the 2900 block of Highway K, said he returned home on April 21 and was upset to learn that someone had drove through one of his fields.

A 45-year-old Town of Belgium man who lives in the 7100 block of Highway K had driven his 1980s Chevrolet Blazer through one of Thill’s fields, tearing up some of the crops, according to a Sheriff’s Office report.

A heart-stopping technical glitch didn’t drown Ozaukee High School’s underwater robotics team’s chances of taking first place in a regional competition.

The team won the Marine Advanced Technology Educational Wisconsin Regional Remotely Operated Underwater Vehicle Competition on April 29 for the ninth year in a row and is heading to an international competition in Federal Way, Wash.

Charles Sheridan’s idea of turning his historic button factory on the Milwaukee River in Waubeka into a residential property didn’t fly with Town of Fredonia officials, put his plan to make it a kayak rental business was advanced by the Plan Commission last week.

The commission, which in March rejected Sheridan’s request to have the property zoned residential, approved his request to rezone the property for business operations on Wednesday, May 2.

Ozaukee County Public Works Director Jon Edgren assuaged the concerns of residents living along Highway I by telling the Town of Fredonia Plan Commission last week that the widening of a section of the road this summer will not interfere with their ability to make changes on their properties.

With Casey’s General Store planning to break ground in the Village of Fredonia in June, village trustees are considering more options to bring in new businesses through the Highway 57 corridor.

“Once they build it (Casey’s) they will come because there is going to be considerably more traffic flow,” said Village Economic Development Committee Chairman TJ Meyers-Jansky, noting the store will be in walking distance for most residents. That will allow residents to explore other opportunities in the village.